Navis Selects WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite to Support Development Between Global Sites

Global Leader in Technology for Managing Cargo Movement Goes 24-by-7, Eliminates Downtime and Implements WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite for Over 500 Worldwide Users


SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 9, 2012) - WANdisco (LSE: WAND) a leading provider of Apache Subversion-based software and services for the enterprise, and a corporate contributor to the Subversion project has announced that global logistics technology leader Navis -- a subsidiary of Cargotec, has experienced a 10x improvement in Subversion performance and achieved 24-by-7 uptime across all of their development sites after implementing WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite.

Navis combines industry best practices with innovative technology and world-class services to manage the movement of over 25% of the world's cargo containers through major ports worldwide. Navis recently replaced svnsync -- the tool they had used to mirror Subversion repositories to all of their development sites,with WANdisco's enterprise-class Subversion MultiSite product. After implementing Subversion MultiSite, Navis reported:

  • 10x faster check-in and checkout times.
  • 24-by-7 availability with no downtime -- including maintenance periods.
  • All locations receiving immediate access to the latest version of the repository.
  • Dramatically improved collaboration between their globally distributed development teams.
  • Low administrative overhead as the entire implementation can be managed from a single location.

"Prior to implementing Subversion MultiSite, we experienced problems with downtime and our developer productivity," said Steven Schleiger, IT Director, Navis. "Check-in and checkout times were particularly problematic at remote sites. Our previous solution also didn't meet our requirements for continuous integration. We needed and found a fast reliable solution from WANdisco that provided 24-by-7 availability for all of our sites."

WANdisco has recently published a case study of the Navis implementation detailing the challenges faced with svnsync and how they implemented Subversion MultiSite to overcome these obstacles -- taking their development organization to a new level.

Subversion MultiSite combines WANdisco's one-of-a-kind replication technology and intelligent load balancing software to ensure that a central Subversion server is no longer a single point of failure and ensures that users at every site globally have access to the latest changes. A free download of Subversion MultiSite is available from WANdisco's website.

About WANdisco

WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a leading provider of Apache Subversion-based software and services for the enterprise. The company's products include: uberSVN - the new open ALM platform for Subversion, Subversion MultiSite, Subversion Access Control and Subversion Clustering. Fortune Global 1000 companies such as AT&T, Intel, Honda, Nokia, Juniper Networks and Motorola rely on WANdisco's Subversion solutions for enterprise-class performance, scalability and 24-by-7 availability. A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) study of WANdisco's Subversion MultiSite revealed a 167% return on investment with a nine-month payback period. Subversion is recognized by Forrester as the sole leader in the Standalone Software Configuration Management (SCM) category. For more information, please visit us at: http://www.wandisco.com.

About Apache Subversion

Apache Subversion (SVN) is a version control system initiated in 2000. It is used to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly-compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). In a 2007 report by Forrester Research, Subversion was recognized as the sole leader in the Standalone Software Configuration Management (SCM) category and a strong performer in the Software Configuration and Change Management (SCCM) category. Subversion is released under the Apache License, making it free software. For more information, please visit: http://subversion.apache.org.

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